The Trump-Xi Summit Was Remarkably Banal
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Donald Trump’s China summit is a complete disaster as he appears to forget why he’s even there
Donald Trump held a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday, and suffice it to say that expectations going in were about as low as could possibly be. Trump has already wrecked the United States economy and its trade relations with his idiotic tariffs and his equally idiotic war against Iran. So what could Trump possibly accomplish by meeting with China at this point? We imagine that’s a good question to ask the Trump associates who ju…
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Phil's Stock WorldWhy the US-China summit changed very little
Ian Bremmer breaks down the high-stakes summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Beijing, one of the most consequential meetings between the two leaders in years, but one that produced remarkably few concrete outcomes.Ian explains why that may actually be good news. With Trump politically weakened at home and facing mounting pressure over Iran and the economy, the risk of major concessions or destabilizing rhetoric was significant. Instead,…
The summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, which ended in Beijing on Friday, gave birth to a mouse, but it could have been a dragon. If the two leaders did not sign significant geopolitical agreements or make important statements, at least they did not mention a risk of a resumption of trade war by means of customs duties between the two main economies of the world. And if Taiwan, as one might expect, was mentioned, the US President did not…
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